human factors

Water Park Ride Design: Setting Expectations

The scene: Legoland California. On 6 August 2013, my wife convinced me to take a ride on Pirate Reef. It’s a ride that straddles the water park and regular Legoland. Signs all over say that you WILL get wet. I hate getting wet, at least in full clothing. But I didn’t want to be a(…)

Case Study: Apple Time Capsule

Case Study: Apple Time Capsule

Report for the Human Factors IN900C course for the Bentley University UX certificate. Apple Time Capsule Case Analysis  Introduction Time Capsule is a combination wireless network attached storage device and router by Apple Inc. It works in conjunction with Apple’s back-up utility Time Machine. The product consists of an Airport wireless router and a server-grade(…)

Lunge Feeding: Infographic

Lunge Feeding: Infographic

Report for the Info Visualization course for the Bentley University UX certificate. Visualization Case Study: Lunge Feeding info graphic  Background On 11 December 2007, the New York Times Science section featured an article entitled “Fin Whale at Feeding Time: Dive Deep, Stop Short, Open Wide”. The accompanying information graphic entitled “ Lunge Feeding” appeared in(…)